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TALKIN FISHBOWL BLUES

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Queen Esther is active in the theater and performance art worlds, sings the blues, sings jazz with the JC Hopkins Biggish Band, and now has offered up a great rock & roll album. Is there anything this woman can’t do? — AllMusic.com

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1. Promise Me

Could you promise me a little more time
To turn the clock back in my mind
Til the spring collapses and you are mine
And the world disappears
and everythings fine
The pretty flowers sing to me
They grow inside me carefully
You put them there so I could see
Everything you promised me
CHORUS:
Until your voice stops ringing/in my head
Until I stop feeling close to you/for whats unsaid
Until theres no more reasons
to remember somethning youd say
Until theres no more yesterdays
Thats when youll go away
BRIDGE:
Until/Until
Until I see you again
Until/Until
Until that great getting up morning again
Could you promise me another way
To see you again without delay
I fall asleep to get to you right away
But could you promise me another way

2. Shine

All I want to do is shine for You
And live my life underneath Your sun
You know that my heart is true
But there are moments when I come undone
I tend to fall down under the weight
When they ride on my mistakes
They can say what they will
They can do what they may
CHORUS:
But I'm gonna shine/shine
Shine all the time
I shine because You are mine
Sometimes I don't know what I'm gonna do
And I don't know what I'm gonna say
But You love me and I love You, too
So it doesn't matter anyway
When I fall down in Your arms
I don't care who's right or wrong
When I'm with You I know that's where I belong
BRIDGE:
Since I don't know when
It's always been You and me
I guess that means that we're just meant to be
Just You and me

3. Talkin' Fishbowl Blues

I left my fishbowl in the hands of so-called friends
And when I returned, I found all of my goldfish drowned
New York City stress level dont turn me into
what I hate the most
I been running around I been chasing the sky
Ducking the clouds trying to stay dry
I been laughing at fate trying to stay awake
Trying to get some sleep on a sleepless street
Oh, my loveless landlord says that all my neighbors complain
And the walls of ears have been hearing it all for years
New York City mind your business
Next time I will smash your stereo
Im a blooming weed from an ugly seed
Sprung out of the mouth of a careless freak
Im the sensitive kind, need my peace of mind
And my real estate is blown sky high
After forty hours you can barely keep your wit
Its a party town but the wake up times aint it
New York City money magnet
Send your sacred cash cow to the slaughterhouse
I been out in the world I been up in the sky
I was riding on clouds just to keep alive
And youre laughing at me trying to stay awake
Do you get some sleep on a sleepless street

4. Taster's Choice

We used to turn on a dime
And then youd turn on
And then youd fall into me
I used to hold you in my arms
And wish that we were meant to be
You used to dance with me slow
in the kitchen with your wake-up
When you knew I had to go
You had to turn on turn on turn on/to live
Do you remember when wed sleep the time away
Wed talk all night and then youd say
We could sit and talk forever
and never see the light of day
I used to wonder if you would ever find a way
CHORUS:
Not to turn on turn on turn on
Turn on turn on turn on
Turn on turn on turn on/to live
We were going nowhere
and we were happy when we got there
Because we both really wanted to stay
But when I finally wanted to get somewhere
and you could not be moved
I knew Id have to be the one to walk away
You looked so happy to see me
I could hardly tell
Youd been gone so long
and been through so much hell
And you said you could feel things
you never thought youd say
But there are moments when
you turn and taste again
CHORUS:
You have to turn on turn on turn on
Turn on turn on turn on
Turn on turn on turn on/to live